Photos from DPRK (North Korea) 2008- 2014

 All these photos were taken quite openly on visits to North Korea (DPRK) between 2008 and 2014.  As well as Pyongyang (평양), the capital of DPRK, I visited the DMZ at Panmunjom, Nampo, Wansan, and the areas around Mount Myohyang and Mount Kumgang.

In the area of Mt Myohyang, DPRK


Monument built in 1995 for the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Workers' Party, Pyongyang.  Kim Il Sung added the scholar's brush to the hammer and sickle to symbolize the contribution of intellectuals to the revolution. 


Mt. Myohyang


New Zealand Friendship Farm


New Zealand Friendship Farm


From my room on the 7th floor of the Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang, DPRK, 2008


 The two towers of the Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang, DPRK

 

Dining Room, Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang, DPRK


A boy on a farm near Pyongyang


The Daedong River from my room in the Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang, 2014


With Mr Pak at the Museum of the Fatherland, Pyongyang


Sunset over the Daedong River, from the Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang


Mt Kumgang area


Massed games in the May Day Stadium, Pyongyang, DPRK

  

Massed games in the May Day Stadium, Pyongyang, DPRK


A singing lesson, Kumsong College, Pyongyang, DPRK

   

Looking over the Daedong River, Pyongyang, DPRK

 

Mt Kumgang, DPRK


Mt Kumgang, DPRK


Soldiers near Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum for Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, Pyongyang, DPRK


At the Pyongyang circus, DPRK, 2014


In a Pyongyang Hospital


Girl on a bicycle, Nampo



With a group of children on their school walking trip, Pyongyang, DPRK, 2011


Pyongyang classroom, 2011


Bakery, Bongsu Church, Pyongyang, 2011


At Pohyon-sa, a Korean Buddhist temple in Hyangsan county in North Pyong'an Province, within the Myohyang Mountains, DPRK.



At the school at the NZ Friendship Farm, 2011